Wire-holder.



No. 745,918. PATENTED DEC.1, 1903. J. SHARP.

WIRE HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 17,1903.

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Patented December 1, 1903.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

JOHN SHARP, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

WIRE-Heroes.

SPECIFICATION" forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,918, datedDecember 1, 1903.

Application iled .Iuly 17,1903x Serial No. 166,007. (No model.) l

To @ZZ 'LU/"tom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SHARP, residing at Portland, in the county ofMultnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and ImprovedWire-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is in the nature of an improved means for holdingbutton-carrying wires or rods commonly used in connection with billiardand pool tables, and it seeks to provide means for the purpose stated ofa simple and economical construction which will eiectively support thesaid wires, admit of the ends being readily separated to slip on thebuttons or counters by which the slack in the Wire or rods can bequickly taken up.

My invention consists in certain details of construction and peculiarcombination of parts, all of which will be hereinafter fully explained,and specifically pointed out in the appended claims, :reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a viewillustrating my invention asvin use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view oi'the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsecticnal view of the centerconnection or button-stop. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the modifiedconstruction thereof. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the combinedclamp and tension device.

Fig. 6 is a cross-section of the same on the' line 6 6 of Fig. 5, andFig. 7 is a detail crosssection on the line,7 7 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings like letters indicate like parts, and A A designate twowire sections, the meeting ends of which are joined by a combinedcounter-stop and clamp device B, which may be and preferably isconstructed as shown in Fig. 3, which illustrates a cylindrical blockhaving a central aperture l) to receive the adjacent ends a a of thewire strands A A', which are securely clamped in the block by theopposing clamp-screws G, whose ends c c/ are radially serrated to gripin the transverse notches LX of the wire ends to primarily bite the saidends.

If desired, the block B may have the ends of its aperture l) formed withright and left threads to engage the right and left threaded ends a a ofthe wires, and thereby provide for easily putting the buttons on thewires in the center of the room. and in the latter form of the center orstop block B the same is also provided with clamp-screws C O C O, asl

clearly shown in Fig. 4.

The outer end of one section A is projected into an apertured hub d ofthe ring or eye piece D, which engages the supporting hook or eye E,permanently secured to the wall or other fixed partei' the room, and thesaid hub d has a clamp-screw d for gripping the wire A to hold it fromfalling out of the hub under ordinary strain. The other wire, A', hasits other end held within the aperture j', formed in the hub f of theeye or ring member F, which is also formed with a hub having a threadedaperture f2, disposed in a longitudinal plane of the hubf, adapted toreceive the threaded end g of the tension device G, which is alsoprovided with a cross-bar g for conveniently turning it in anotherdirection, and the said tension device also includes a threaded shank g2for engaging` the threaded hub h or eyepiece Il, fixedly held againstthe wall of the room at the side opposite theeye D.

The fiXedly-projected screw-Shanks g g2 are in the nature of right andleft threaded members, and the hubs f2 and 7L have their aperturescorrespondingly threaded,whereby the turning of the tension device G inone direction will positively draw the wires A and A taut and whenturned in an opposite direction loosens the said wires without affectingthe end twist or torsional strength thereof.

Frein the foregoing description the general arrangement and operationand also the advantages of my invention are thought to be readilyapparent. One of the advantages of myinvention is that the wires maybereadily turned taut without in the least twisting or buckling the saidwires, and the wires may be quickly removed and adjusted in position forthe removal of the counter. The construction is such that the appliancecan be economically made, and the parts are so joined and made that thedanger of breaking is reduced to the minimum.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A wire-holding device of the character described, comprising incombination with means for securing one end or" the wire; a combinedholder and tension device consisting of a member adapted to be iixedlyIOO held and provided With a threaded hub, a second member having asocket to receive the free end of the Wire, a clamp mounted in the saidend for engaging the Wire, said latter member having a threaded socketin the other end, and a turn-spindle Whose opposite end is formed Withright and left threads for engaging the threaded hubs in the two membersaforesaid, for the purposes specified.

2. A means for holding two Wire sections comprising a iiXedly-held clampfor gripping the outer end of one Wire section, a clamp for gripping theouter end of the other Wire section, a tiXedly-held eyepiece, a tensiondevice connected With said eyepiece and the adjacent Wire-clamp, and abutton-stop having sockets in the opposite ends to receive the meetingends of the two Wire sections and provided with clamp devices forgripping the said adjacent Wire ends, as set forth.

3. In a Wire-holding means as described, in combination With theadjacent Wire ends, having transverse notches, of a combined Wire-clampand button-stop having sockets in the ends for receiving the notchedends vessie of a pair of wire strands, and clamp-screws mounted in theends of the said stopsbeing radially serrated to grip into the notchesin the Wire ends.

4. The herein-described improved Wire- L holder comprising incombination with a pair of oppositely-disposed iXedly-held eye members,one of which has an apertured hub to receive the outer end of one Wiresection and the clamp-screw mounted in the said hub, the other eyemember having a threaded hub, a tension device connected to thelast-named eye member consisting of a spindle having a turn-handle andright and left threads, one end of said spindle engaging the oppositeapertured hub of the wire member, a clamp for engaging the outer end ofthe other Wire section and provided with a threaded aperture to receivethe other end of the turn-spindle, and means for clamping and joiningthe adjacent ends of the wire section, as speciied.

JOHN SHARP. Witnesses:

A. T. LEWIS, MARK ONEILL.

